----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric "ManxPower" Wieling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom behind NAT won't register to * server behind ALG
> Henry L.Coleman wrote: >> I think what Alex was trying to say was that Polycom IP Phones are an >> example of immature product development. While they look very nice and >> have a nice display the product doesn't compete very well compared to >> other manufacturers. >> The two most obvious flaws are that they cannot be NAT'ed so they cannot >> be used as Off Premise eXtensions phones and the other being that they >> take so long to configure and re-boot. I have a golden rule with any >> phone >> that I plan on installing for a customer....If I can't get it working >> within 20 minutes then don't use it. I'm afraid Polycom breaks my golden >> rule. >> With such a lot of competition in this market they should have sorted >> this >> out two years ago. >> > > Reboots should not happen very often. This is a non-issue for most > people. > > I've never seen a phone that could not work with NAT with Asterisk. > Polycoms work just fine with NAT and Asterisk. The nice thing about > Asterisk's NAT support is that the phone does not need to support NAT. Eric, Try using 5 Polycom's at a remote location behind NAT. Let me know when you need a drink ;) . I had a client with such an issue and the "fix" was a nice Edgemark or Sonicwall firewall that are set up for SIP and NAT issues. I prefer the Sonicwall. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
